For the 12th consecutive year, The Alabama Baptist was named one of the top Christian regional newspapers in the nation.
During recent award ceremonies representing work done in 2007, the state Baptist paper earned that recognition from three national religious press organizations.
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) named The Alabama Baptist the top local or regional newspaper in the nation with an Award of Excellence April 3 at its yearly convention in Washington.
The Associated Church Press (ACP) also honored the paper with an Award of Merit — second place among regional newspapers — and Baptist Communicators Association (BCA) gave the paper an honorable mention in the design division for state Baptist newspapers.
ACP met in Dallas April 20–23. BCA met in Phoenix April 16–19.
An ACP judge wrote: “A unified look for this publication builds reader community.” The Alabama Baptist also garnered awards in writing and photography.
At the Evangelical Press Association’s annual convention in Portland, Ore., May 9, President and Publisher Bob Terry won a first place award for his editorial “Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time,” which explained the need for born-again believers to recognize poverty as a major issue for the church.
Grace Thornton, assistant editor, won two second-place awards from BCA, one in the news writing division for “Blessed beyond measure,” a year-later look at the church arson attacks, and one in the photography division for “High-risk hearts,” a photo feature about mudslide victims in Guatemala.
Thornton also won an honorable mention in BCA’s feature writing division for “Timeless talent,” a feature on Samford University’s carillon player. The piece also won an Award of Merit in ACP’s biographical profile division.
Other Alabama Baptists also garnered awards in writing and photography..
In the design division, Jesse Conte of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) won two first-place awards, one for the print ad “CEC 2008” and one in the brochure or booklet category for “Collegiate Missions Global Journey.”
He also won three second-place awards for the print ad “When Your Well Runs Dry,” the logo for the Children’s Choir Summit and the special exhibit or display for LEADERconnect.
Conte — along with Doug Rogers and Chris Mills of the SBOM — also won an honorable mention in the poster or flier category for “Operation NOAH.”
In the audiovisual communication division, Rogers brought home a first-place award for the music video “I Will Go” and a second-place award for the public service announcement “One Billion Through CP.”
Samford University’s office of communication also won several awards from BCA as well as RCC.
A series of promotional pieces for Beeson Divinity School won a Best of Class award from RCC. Scott Camp, senior graphic designer in the office of communication, worked on the project, which promoted Beeson’s yearlong “Walking with the Saints” convocation emphasis.
Camp also received an award of excellence and an award of merit from RCC and three awards, including one first place, from BCA for the “Saints” pieces.
Also in the Samford office:
- Monica Washington, graphic designer, won a RCC award of merit for the 2007 Homecoming Gala program.
- Carlie Stamper, graphic designer, garnered a RCC award of merit for the “Die Fledermaus” poster.
- Carissa Bradley, Web designer/editor, earned a RCC award of merit for the department of communication studies Web site design.
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